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BP, BG Group and Royal Dutch Shell - which was listed as SVM Asset Management's featured stock today - helped to lead the gains as the price of crude oil moved back above $69 (£41.69) a barrel, Reuters reports.
Insurance companies also gave the stock exchange a lift, with Admiral Group, Standard Life, Prudential and Legal & General all up during morning trading.
However, David Jones of IG Index suggested to the news provider that none of the movements were substantial and that the FTSE is still operating at the same kind of levels as it has for the last few weeks.
"It's very boring, volumes are still really low," he remarked. "There is nothing major on the calendar [in the US] so today we are in for a very quiet day for UK markets."
